Working Town
If people knew you were out there making pictures, you’d probably get in worse trouble, a proper way of going wrong. Odessa is a working town, and everyone needs a good way of going wrong.
A 300mm lens on an APS-C camera is a touch of madness — yet West Texas is so vast that you’ll need a longer lens to line it all up.
When a photographer is obviously strange-looking and increasingly suspicious, they’ve entered a picture-making mode, where new work is in progress.
I woke up, laced up my boots, and knew nobody would gentrify this place. So many old buildings and signs have gone.
We’ll see someone taking pictures and say, “Hey, they’re taking photos,” but what if they’re making something.
Every time I press the shutter, I quietly let a piece of myself rest.
Pictured: Odessa Meteor Crater
